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NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional)
- Agency
- National Institutes of Health
- Number
- RFA-RM-27-002
- Type
- Federal Grant
- Posted
- 2026-06-26T00:00:00+00:00
- Response deadline
- Aug 17, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT (43 days left)
- Award range
- $475K – $475K
Summary
The NIH Director"s New Innovator Award supports early-stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. Applications in any area within the biomedical sciences are welcome; topics may involve basic, translational, or clinical research. The NIH Director's New Innovator Award complements other ongoing efforts by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund early-stage investigators. The NIH Director"s New Innovator Award is a component of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program of the NIH Common Fund.